Before fire and emergency crews arrived on the scene, some brave neighbors rushed into the home to save the couple. The man who lives directly across the street is talking with a 911 operator during those rescue efforts.

After they found Evelyn, the neighbor asks "Where's Jim, where's Jim?" and then directs other neighbors on where to go to find him.

He then tells the 911 operator, "We got him out, we got everybody out." The McCarty's were taken to the man's front lawn until help arrived at the scene.

911 operator - "Sir, are you with the actual owner of the house?"

Neighbor: "Yes, I'm with both of them, they are in my front yard."

911 operator- "Can I talk to her?"

Neighbor: "No, they can't. They are on the ground, they're hurt, they're injured."

Evelyn and James McCarty are both hospitalized with severe burns and are in critical condition.

Susan Carlson, a family friend, says she had recently visited the couple and is now praying for their recovery.

"I know they got burned bad," said Carlson. "When the next door neighbor went in, she said she was on fire. She's like leave me and go get my husband and that's just the way she would do that."